July 26, 2012

While most children live in cities today, understanding, questioning and experimenting with the urban environment is rare. This workshop facilitated by Cameron Stevens proposes one way of encouraging children and young people to engage with their immediate urban surroundings.

The complexity of city life often leaves us little time to stop, think, and connect with ourselves. Come to the Lab and let Swanhild Maaß (Chen School for Taijiquan) introduce you to the Chinese practice of meditation, movement patterns, and martial art.

Free Space Berlin/Freiräume Berlin features an interactive online map that visualizes the locations of publicly owned plots of land in Berlin. A mobile workshop will visit six of these sites throughout Berlin currently undergoing a bidding or selling process to ask neighbors, visitors, and passersby what their vision for these free spaces would be.

Join the MIT SENSEable City Lab to experiment with altering public space and to witness the effects. Learn about how people move, talk, and interact in public space—and how this information can lead to better design for public spaces.

Take part in a discussion about the influence of new technology on our communication and decision-making processes. Topics include data and visualization, activism and art, and transparency and responsibilit.